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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
3,441 approved · 303 refused · 298 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Jan 2023 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
10 Mitchell Road West Malling Kent ME19 4RF
Received 23 Apr 202635 Framley Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 4HS
Received 23 Apr 2026Mote Farm Buildings And Land Mote Road Ivy Hatch Sevenoaks Kent
Received 23 Apr 2026Marlfield Cottage 48A Pembury Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2JE
Received 23 Apr 2026Old Forge Cottage Forge Lane West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JP
Received 24 Apr 202618 Gorham Drive Tonbridge Kent TN9 2DU
Received 24 Apr 202626 Oaks Dene Walderslade Chatham Kent ME5 9HN
Received 24 Apr 2026Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Received 24 Apr 2026Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Received 24 Apr 2026Chequers Inn 122 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1AS
Received 24 Apr 2026Yotes Court Farm Mereworth Road Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5JQ
Received 27 Apr 2026Paper Mills Mill Street Snodland Kent ME6 5AX
Received 27 Apr 2026Westwick House Tower Hill Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5NH
Received 27 Apr 2026Westwick House Tower Hill Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5NH
Received 27 Apr 2026Chequers Dairy 105B Tonbridge Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9HL
Received 27 Apr 2026237 London Road West Malling Kent ME19 5AD
Received 27 Apr 2026Fairhill Riding Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9QL
Received 27 Apr 2026Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Received 27 Apr 2026Mote Farm Buildings And Land Mote Road Ivy Hatch Sevenoaks Kent
Received 27 Apr 202613 Larkfield Close Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6BH
Received 27 Apr 2026Area F1 Discovery Drive Kings Hill West Malling Kent
Received 8 Apr 2026Yew Tree Cottage North Meadow Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5NU
Received 27 Apr 2026Conservation Area Fairlawne Shipbourne
Received 27 Apr 20264 Francis Cottages London Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8NQ
Received 23 Mar 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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